The Influence of Socio-Economic Background of Parents on Academic Expectations of Their Children: Data From Indonesian Family Live Survey in 2014

Abstract

This study was conducted to explain various socioeconomic background factors, specifically parental education level, parent's income, parental employment status, and family size that influence parental expectations on children's education. Data comes from IFLS-5. Parents' academic expectations are measured by the highest level of education a child will achieve. OLS correlation analysis and regression were applied to examine the effect of various factors on parental academic expectations. The results revealed that parental academic expectations were influenced by a certain degree of socioeconomic status and significance. Parental education is the main key to the formation of parents' academic expectations. High socioeconomic backgrounds and averages affect academic expectations more than lower. This findings suggest that parental education is more meaningful than their income in relation to academic expectations. But the level of education supported by high-income influences very high academic expectations. This shows that each of the socioeconomic background indicators supports one another and works hand in hand with academic expectations.